This Special Edition of Laughbox is for Steve Wilson to hand off the Internatioinal Humor Month to Drew Tarvin. Enjoy the history of National Humor Month with Larry Wilde and others in the story of how humor was proven to be the best medicine (and continues to be ).

Steve Wilson, known as the “Cheerman of The Bored” and the one and only “Joyologist”, is the founder of World Laughter Tour, Inc. and has trained 7,000 laughter therapists.

He is the author of seven books and dozens of articles and blogs, and is an internationally acclaimed, award-winning humor expert. As one of America's top-rated professional speakers, Wilson offers popular programs on joy, motivation, teamwork, health and humor. He has also served as a design consultant and spokesperson for the SunChips Laughalizer campaign.

In addition, he earned a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, and the Rire d'Or Award (Golden Laughter) from L'Ecole Internationale Du Rire et du Bonheur. He is President of the Laughter Arts & Sciences Foundation (501.c.3) and has been featured in numerous radio & TV talk shows and other media around the world.

Dani Klein Modisett is the Founder/CEO of the award-winning company bringing comic relief to those facing Alzheimer’s, Laughter On Call. LOC was launched to help her mother who became depressed facing the disease. In the ensuing 6 years the company has grown to help all people feeling isolated. To date it has trained thousands of caregivers and worked with over 600 companies around the world including META,

Amazon, Capital One, Bristol Myers and FEMA. LOC has been featured in The Washington Post, The London Times, The NY Times and AARP Magazine. Dani is also a comedian/actor and author of the books, “Afterbirth: stories you won’t read in a parenting magazine (St. Martin’s Press) “Take My Spouse, Please.” (Penguin Random House) a part-memoir, part how-to for creating shared laughter to keep your marriage happy and healthy. Dani taught Stand-Up at UCLA for 10 years and has coached keynote speakers, business leaders, and Congressional candidates to use more humor in their communication. She has been a keynote speaker at Women’s Business Enterprise National Council, Dartmouth Entrepreneur Forum, CALA, ICAA and UCLA.

She has run workshops at Stanford, MIT, Columbia, Duke’s Fuqua and Harvard Business School where Laughter On Call is currently a case study. Her writing has appeared in AARP, NY Times, LA Times, Parents Magazine and many websites. Her many podcast appearances include Stanford’s “When I’m 64,” and “The Tony Robbins Podcast.” Before becoming an entrepreneur, Dani was an actor who appeared on Broadway and many TV shows including “Law & Order,” “The Lottery,” and “Las Vegas,” for NBC. She was listed in Forbes 50>50 in 2023.

Dani Klein Modisett

Laughter On Call

Founder/CEO

(213) 840-6798

Named Forbes 50 over 50

Author Take My Spouse, Please

Andrew Tarvin is the world’s first Humor Engineer teaching people how to get better results while having more fun. He has worked with thousands of people at 200+ organizations, including P&G, GE, and Microsoft.

In 2025, Andrew became Director of International Humor Month for AATH.

Combining his background as a project manager at Procter & Gamble with his experience as an international comedian, Andrew’s program are engaging, entertaining, and most important, effective.

He is a best-selling author, has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and TEDx, and has delivered programs in 50 states, 18 countries, and 3 continents. He loves the color orange and is obsessed with chocolate.

https://www.aath.org/humor-month

https://www.humorthatworks.com/